Archive for September, 2008
Switched On: With friends like Google, does Apple need Microsoft?
In the 1999 geek classic, ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley’, an Apple employee watching the famous ‘1984′ commercial with Steve Jobs points to the Big Brother character — intended to represent IBM — and then points to Bill Gates of Microsoft, whom Jobs has just introduced as part of Apple’s family. The silent message is that [...]
Digsby Integrates LinkedIn and Improves Performance
Digsby, the universal instant messenger, email and social network aggregator, has announced some very good news regarding their desktop application. After countless complaints from users about the application being a resource hog, Digsby spent the last few months improving the memory management capabilities of their product. So much so that they proudly claim that they [...]
So, What Was Google Up To in the Past 10 Years?
The best way to have people obsessing about your birthday is to never tell anyone the exact date. That’s what Google’s been doing; we pretty much know that big G’s 10th anniversary is in September, but the exact time is unknown.
And, while some have written about it almost a month ago, only now Google [...]
8 WordPress Plugins for Page Management
While the page feature in WordPress has been a mainstay of the blogging platform for years, it doesn’t get a whole lot of love from the programmers or plugin community. Here are 8 plugins that are compatible with at least WordPress 2.5 that will allow you to change their order, make sub-pages easier to [...]
Memorex SingStand Might Actually Make Karaoke Cool
The galaxy of gimmicky karaoke machines was starting to fade before Memorex’s SingStand came along. This baby organically melds mic stand and iPod dock, and at $70 doesn’t even put you into debt to do so. The base is where the brains are—vox effects like reverb plus ‘Auto Voice Control’ for removing original song vocals—along [...]
How to go back to the old Facebook
Some 500,000 Facebook users who don’t like the site’s new design have found a loophole leading back to the old one. The trick is to sign up as a Facebook application developer — and you don’t have to even write a line of code! Facebook allows developers to use the old Facebook design if they [...]
DIY Beer Speaker
Beer, also known as the nectar of the gods, is worth downing after a long hard day at the office. I believe it tastes even better when you have your favorite music playing in the background. If you happen to have a decent amount of DIY knowledge, why not conjure this 20-watt Heineken Draught Keg [...]
Redesigned MacBooks On Their Way
Word on the street has it that the redesigned MacBooks are already on their way to stores, since field checks denote the shipping process in currently in progress. Rumor also has it the new MacBooks will include an extremely thin aluminum casing, LED backlighting and something we’d never thought possible from Apple - an aggressive [...]
